I asked Shawn Newton to make sections that accept Osmiroid nibs for two of his pens that are already in my collection. The new sections are terrific. I have posted about this in detail in the general calligraphy forum. FYI, here's a link: http://www.fountainp...s/#entry3916133

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I was able to get an Osmiroid set of 6 nibs from England for my Esterbrooks. I also have an Osmiroid sac pen. It's very cheap feeling. But if one don't have an Esterbrook, will do the nibs justice.

German vintage '50-70 semi-flex stubs and those in oblique give the real thing in On Demand line variation. Modern Oblique is a waste of money for a shadow of line variation. Being too lazy to Hunt for affordable vintage oblique pens, lets you 'hunt' for line variation instead of having it.

I can't say I have much love for Osmiroid nibs. Apart from interchangeability, what is the appeal over, say, a genuinely flexible nib for your expensive, custom-made pen?

"A genuinely flexible nib" is desirable for scripts such as Spencerian and Copperplate. The Osmiroid nibs i am using have Italic (chisel cut) points and are suited to italic, gothic, Foundational, Uncial and Carolingian scripts. Those are the ones I write.

Occasionally I get to a museum exhibition where they show some of the documents on parchment from 1100-1300-1400.

There is some real tidy handwriting, in various scripts, that considering how few could actually write,

Edited by Bo Bo Olson, 16 September 2017 - 09:52.

German vintage '50-70 semi-flex stubs and those in oblique give the real thing in On Demand line variation. Modern Oblique is a waste of money for a shadow of line variation. Being too lazy to Hunt for affordable vintage oblique pens, lets you 'hunt' for line variation instead of having it.

Those styles make for a very pretty page indeed. I have a couple of pens with broad or stub nibs, and flexibility can add to the writing experience.
The medieval scribe would have likely used a flexible quill, so it wouldn't be inappropriate to add a broad flex nib to your scriptorium.

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